PHYSICAL AWARENESS 13-14 PHYSICS AND SPORT
Genova (ITA) - La Rochelle (FRA) - La Sénia (SPA)
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES La Sénia - March 17th-22nd 2014 Exchange Genova – La Sénia
Index Trail Running and Physics Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6 Activity 7 Activity 8
Trail Running and Physics Exchange details A group of 36 students and 3 teachers came from Genova and were hosted by 29 students and their families in La Sénia.
The Italian group arrived on Monday evening March 17 th and left on Saturday morning 23rd March. On Tuesday and Wednesday they visited the High School and the village of La Sénia. On Thursday, the students from both countries participate in a trail running race "3a Cursa i Marxa de Muntanya dels Instituts". This event counted with 175 pupils from some high schools in the south of Catalonia. The race is included in a regional project called "Les Curses de Muntanya a les Classes de Física" which blends mountain running races with activities at school. Trail Running race On Friday, the students carried out Physics activities using their own data in the race of the day before. They used their distance, time, altitude, mass and calories to do exercises about Kinematics, Dynamics and Energy. They were arranged in "international" workgroups with students from both countries mixed up. The results of all this work are published in this eBook. List of International groups
Trail Running and Physics activities Before the exchange, the students from La Sénia prepared Physics activities based on the trail running data of the previous year race (2nd edition of the event). The objective was to become experts in this field and help the Italian pupils when they would work together in the international work groups. The applied topics were Kinematics, Dynamics and Energy. Activities prepared in La Sénia Then the students met each other during the exchange in La Sénia and participate in the 3rd edition of the race, which generated the following data to work with. Circuit by Wikiloc Circuit information and control points Race standings Jordi Escubedo’s GPS track by Garmin Jordi Escubedo’s GPS track by Wikiloc Jaume Adell’s GPS track by Garmin Finally, the international work groups solved the activities, which are presented in this ebook, including students’ pictures.
Start of the race
Activity 1 What is the average speed (km/h and min/km) of some runners? Which are the intermediate speeds between the control points? Fill a data table with all these results and compare them.
Grup 1A (from left to right): Anna Baggetta (Genova) Jordi Escubedo (La Sénia) Iu Callarisa(La Sénia) Silvia Denaro (Genova) Solution to activity 1A
Grup 1B (from left to right): Giorgia Fortunato (Genova) Federica Truglia (Genova) Frederic Ferré (La Sénia) Josep Delhom (La Sénia)
Solution to activity 1B
Didac Prades 1st, Jordi Escubedo 2nd and Dani Sebastià 3rd classified in the race, all from La Sénia
Activity 2 Prepare plots of position and speed vs time of male and female runners. Draw out some conclusions.
Grup 2A (from left to right): Adela Ille (La Sénia) Tomasso Gommellini (Genova) Emma Pizzorni (Genova) Laura Abella (La Sénia) Solution to activity 2A
Grup 2B (from left to right): Josep Centelles (La Sénia) Luigi Trucchi (Genova) Mariana Rebecchi (Genova) Bianca Semino (Genova) Solution to activity 2B
Luigi and Tomasso (Genova) at the finish line
Activity 3 Open a GPS track of the race with the Excel spreadsheet and edit the plots of speed and altitude vs position. Draw out some conclusions.
Grup 3A (from left to right): Ferran Puig (La Sénia) Dani Sebastià (La Sénia) Chiara Bisio (Genova) Giorgia Baghino (Genova)
Solution to activity 3A
Grup 3B (from left to right): Serena Magnini (Genova) Margherita Buzzo (Genova) Sergi Guzman (La Sénia) Sara Reverté (La Sénia) Solution to activity 3B
Josep Delhom (La Sénia) with a group of girls from Genova
Activity 4 Two members of the race staff start walking from La Foradada 10 minutes after the race start. One of them goes downhill in the opposite direction of the race at 5 km/h. The other one goes also downhill but in the same direction of the race at 3 km/h. When and where does the winner of the race meet them?
Grup 4A (from left to right): Irene Di Patrizi (Genova) Ainara Galarza (La Sénia) Emma Cervera (La Sénia) Daria Guarino (Genova)
Solution to activity 4A
Grup 4B (from left to right): Stella Lauro (Genova) Giulia Zara (Genova) Elisa Manini (Genova) Sheila Queralt (La Sénia)
Solution to activity 4B
Stella Lauro (Genova) the female winner of the race
Activity 5 Open a GPS track of the race and study the uphill part of the race. Which are the grade percent incline, the inclination angle and his X-weight? Split the ascent in two parts (by the control point) and calculate the same data. Draw out some conclusions. To understand better their meaning, compare the X-weights with other day life weights.
Grup 5A (from left to right): Marina Querol (La Sénia) Alba Encina (La Sénia) Ludovica Baiardi (Genova) Antonio Bottino (Genova) Solution to activity 5A
Grup 5B (from left to right): Giulia Costa (Genova) Giorgia Corci (Genova) Eulàlia Cuartiella (La Sénia) Solution to activity 5B
Marina and Eulàlia (La Sénia) before the start
Activity 6 Open a GPS track of the race and study the downhill part of the race. Which are the grade percent decline, the declination angle and his X-weight? Split the descent in two parts (by the control point) and calculate the same data. Draw out some conclusions. To understand better their meaning, compare the Xweights with other day life weights. Grup 6A (from left to right): Anna Rodriguez (La Sénia) Júlia Ruiz (La Sénia) Emanuele Rapisarda (Genova) Guglielmo Mistruzzi (Genova)
Solution to activity 6A
Grup 6B (from left to right): Elisabetta Razeto (Genova) Victor Verge (La Sénia) Elisa Zunino (Genova) Marta Peccerillo (Genova) Solution to activity 6B
Marta Peccerillo, Sofia Campazzo and Elisa Manini from Genova
Activity 7 Open a GPS track and calculate the mechanical energy, which is the sum of the running energy (see link below) and the gravitational potential energy during the ascent to La Foradada. Find the power output. Compare this estimated energy with the total consumption measured by the Garmin GPS and draw out some conclusions (the Garmin energy during the ascent can be estimated by a distance proportion). http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/technote/walkrun.htm
Grup 7A (from left to right): Cesare Massa (Genova) Carolina Massone (Genova) Sofia Campazzo (Genova) Simona Bona (La Sénia) Solution to activity 7A
Grup 7B (from left to right): Julia Bullo (La Sénia) Maite Perez (La Sénia) Giada Rissoto (Genova) Alessandra Calabrese (Genova) Solution to activity 7B
Emanuele, Mateo and Alessandra from Genova at the podium ceremony
Activity 8 Open a GPS track and calculate the mechanical energy, which is the sum of the running energy (see link below) and the gravitational potential energy during the whole race. Find the power output. Compare this estimated energy with the total consumption measured by the Garmin GPS and draw out some conclusions. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/technote/walkrun.htm
Grup 8A (from left to right): Pau Tomàs (La Sénia) Martina Carbone (Genova) Ivan Llaveria (La Sénia) Giacomo Scaglia (Genova) Solution to activity 8A
Grup 8B (from left to right): Didac Prades (La Sénia) Mateo Manzoni (Genova) Ruben Serret (Genova) Solution to activity 8B
Dídac Prades and Jordi Escubedo (La Sénia) going uphill in the first part of the race